Title :
Why cross-platform security
Author_Institution :
Sun MicroSysterms Inc., Mountain View, CA, USA
Abstract :
Heterogeneity is a given these days in almost any IT system installation. It presents problems for implementing security requirements. The first step is to find common ground among the diverse systems. The article discusses how to do this at the various different levels, with security as the objective.
Keywords :
security of data; cross-platform security; heterogeneous IT systems; Communication system security; Computer languages; Hardware; Java; Linux; Operating systems; Protocols; Sun; TCPIP; Web services;
Journal_Title :
Internet Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MIC.2003.1200308